Archive for September 2018
The Age of Pain Management: From Cryo Chambers to Yoga
This is an article by Nancy Eugenie. I offer it with the author’s permission for informational purposes. The author and I have no financial involvement. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE HER OWN AND DO NOT REPRESENT MY VIEW OR MEDICAL ADVICE. Coping With Pain One of the most difficult things about living with…
Read MoreHow Smart Is It to Take Smart Drugs?
This is an article by Stacey J. Miller. I offer it with the author’s permission for informational purposes. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE HER OWN AND DO NOT REPRESENT MY VIEW OR MEDICAL ADVICE. The Myth of Brain Power If you hear something often enough, you may start to believe it. Most of…
Read MoreFootball and Brain Trauma
Football’s Risks It’s just a “ding,” the coach would tell the parents. “He will be fine. He needs to be a man and get tougher. Everything is fine.” This is what I heard growing up in a place where football was valued more than religion. In fact, it was our religion. Unfortunately, we now know…
Read MoreDetecting the Liar
Discerning Lies Can Be Challenging According to Scientific American Mind, lying “is among the most sophisticated accomplishments of the human mind.” It requires cognitive skills that children are not born with and must acquire. Our ability to lie seems to improve until we reach young adulthood, and then it levels off. Once we reach about…
Read MoreScience Doesn’t Prove Anything!
The Immutable Truth You may think of science as factual or the immutable truth. Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion are accepted as true, but they aren’t proven. No scientific facts ever have been proven, and they never will be. Science is based on measurements or tools that can be informative and provide useful data.…
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